All ebooks available for the new Kindle 3

meBooks, New
Zealand's only dedicated ebook conversion and retail
service, is now providing Kindle versions of all ebooks
provided via its online store at mebooks.co.nz

With the
new Amazon Kindle 3 now available for New Zealand customers
to purchase from the Amazon website, there is the
expectation that there will be a significant demand from New
Zealand consumers for ebooks in Amazon's non-standard
Mobipocket format.

With the WiFi version of the Kindle 3
being available to the New Zealand ebook-reading public for
around NZ $230 including shipping, it is not only the
cheapest dedicated eBook reader on the market, but also
includes a number of features not found in many of the other
ereading devices. These include text-to-speech, an in-built
dictionary, a markedly better display and quicker
page-turning response. if local reaction mirrors that of
overseas buyers, the Kindle will be quickly adopted in New
Zealand.

As the Kindle doesn't support the ePub ebook
standard, there is a need for ebook publishers and retailers
to provide their titles in the Mobipocket standard or face
losing some of their market-share.

meBooks have also
started working with New Zealand booksellers to develop a
model to help them deal with onslaught of the ebook
phenomenon, and have signed-up VicBooks to feature ebooks
from the meBooks site via the VicBooks website. It is hoped
that, in this fashion, booksellers will be able to
concentrate their expertise on selling ebook titles to the
reading public, without having to worry about the technical
infrastructure required for hosting and delivering ebooks
online.

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